I went along to the final session in the 2014 roadshow (which was held in London) to see what Conscious Solutions had identified as the top priorities for professional services marketing in a digital world. I joined the marketers’ stream which was really informative but also heard positive feedback from Read More
Continuing the blog series on "Legal client feedback" Robin Saphra, Group General Counsel of Colt (telecommunications, IT and data centres with 65 lawyers in his team and a £12m legal budget) shared his views on relationships with professional service firms at the September 2014 Professional Marketing Forum Conference: Three years Read More
In each edition, The Lawyer magazine interviews an in-house lawyer or Group Counsel. I picked up the following trends into general counsel needs and selected some highlights to inform those either pitching to or building relationships with similar in-house counsel. Trends The importance of on-the-ground local counsel Use of preferred firms Read More
From the last six months of The Lawyer magazine, I picked out the following highlights from the various reports of law firm panels and pitches: Collaborative working with Barclays or RBS (30th June) “If you want a panel place then you need to get used to working in partnership with Read More
To support the training in the “Helping fee-earners prepare the perfect pitch” session I present for PM Forum http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training/ (the next scheduled session is on 6th Feb), I regularly review trends and developments in pitching in the professions. Using information reported The Lawyer magazine, here are my observations on the Read More